Heya playas, right now you're sitting on YouTube watching this video when there are millions
of hours worth of content out there.
And even as you watch this, you're probably thinking what other videos could I be watching?
What else could I be doing?
What choices do I have?
And does having those choices make me happier?
If you're sitting in front of a tv and a show comes on do you A.) Put down the remote, stop
and watching it or B.) Change the channel in the hopes that something better may be
on.
If you stop and watch the show then you are probably a satisficer.
A satisficer has set criterias and standards and doesn't concern himself as to whether
or not a better possibility exists.
But if you find yourself constantly flipping through the channels then you're probably
a maximizer.
A maximizer is someone that needs to be assured that every decision they make is the best
one they could have made.
In the modern world that we live in, we have an over abundance of choice in everything
that we do.
Whether it's choosing the places you want to eat, the clothes you want to wear, the
places you want to go we are bombarded with choices.
Some people would argue that choice is good.
Because the more choice that you have the higher the chances are of finding exactly
what you need to be happy.
The one little problem with that idea is that with more choice comes higher expectations.
It's simple, the more customizable something is, the more we expect it to be perfect to
fit our exact needs.
And then when it doesn't we are completely riddled with remorse.
Our expectations then become so high that they start to dwell on the levels of unrealistic
proportions.
It is in the nature of a maximizer to exhaust all the possibilities that they can.
They can literally spend hours upon hours doing something until trying out every variation
until they find the perfect one.
And the majority of times the perfect one doesn't exist.
Satisficers are pretty much the opposite in the sense that their expectations are low.
Did you ever notice that people feel nostalgic for their yester-years because things were
so much simpler?
There wasn't an over-abundance of choice and therefore there was a lower chance of someone
being dissatisfied.
However it's not the case that satisficers accept anything and everything, on the contrary
they can set their expectation bar pretty high.
But the difference between them and a maximizer is that they believe their bar is actually
reachable.Once when Alexander the Great had stormed the Indes valley, he came across a
guru.
And the guru told him that every man possesses as much of the earth as this upon which he
has stepped.
And since Alexander was a man driven by meddlesome arrogance he failed to realize that looking
past all his accomplishments he would only possess as much of the earth as his body needed
to be buried in.
In other words, no matter what he did, he would still take up the same amount of space
as the next dead guy.
So which one do you think would make you happier, being a maximizer or a satisficer?
I think that by constantly chasing your choices you may increase your worldly gain but you
definitely lower your overall satisfaction.
And by allowing yourself to be satisfied with a minimal selection, it's a lot easier to
be at peace with your choices and to be happier.
As always guys, love and peace.
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